Sistagals: Australia's Indigenous Gay and Trans Communities
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- Опубликовано: 13 окт 2024
- The remote community of the Tiwi Islands, located 80km north of the Australian mainland, has a thriving gay and trans community known as the Sistagals. More than 5 percent of the Tiwi population identify as a Sistagal with most of them living publicly as women and observing local Indigenous traditions. In this episode of Australiana, VICE embeds with the Sistagals to explore the intersection of traditional culture and gender identity. We follow the story of Laura, who at the age of 33 has been awaiting gender reassignment hormones since she was 10 years old. Her access has been complicated by the island's limited access to doctors, let alone hormone treatment. This documentary explores the push-pull the Sistagals experience living on their remote Tiwi home, while wanting to find love in the city and start families of their own.
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The confidence that blooms from these beautiful souls, absolutely amazes me. I know it must’ve been hard for them growing up to be accepted by how they identify themselves and I will never understand it myself but you SISTAGALS shine and glow bright and it showssss !!! Much love from Melbourne xx
You fine af gurll x
You don't need to understand it, but you should be respectful. And you're clearly very respectful and kind. No one can ask you for more than that.
💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
Kerstie Sweeney well said, Kerstie
😊❤yea agreed 👍 riricuz.6745
“Lisa does the fishing I just sit under the shade”
It had me cracking up, I aspire to be like Laura
WOMEN get the work done.
I WAS GONNA COMMENT THIS 😭😂
Angela TraumaMama your name tells me all I need to know about you 😂
Andrea Roca you got me there 😂😂😂😂👏🏾
Love that!!!!❤❤❤❤✌🏾
As a male, I ended up doing drugs around 15 1/2 and got clean 10 years later. Even getting clean my testosterone was 93ng/dl and the average is 240-800. So my testosterone was at 1/3 of what it needed to be naturally and I got on the testosterone shot. As a cis male knowing I needed it, I could only imagine being trans and needing hormones. That has got to be hard knowing you need something your body can't produce in order to feel normal. I'm so proud of Laura, I hope she succeeds more ways than one.
How do you feel about parents having their under age children take them?
What a beautiful comment. I'm glad you're doing okay and I hope Laura is also doing well in her life these days. ^_^
Every person should feel no shame for seeking gender affirming care whether they are trans or cis.
Never feel ashamed for shaping your body in the way you feel most comfortable
@@Scrapla1 the only thing a child is getting until puberty is blockers which is reversible and just pauses a puberty they don't want to experience and don't align with until they are at least 16 and can make a more informed decision for themselves around irreversible hormones like estrogen or testosterone.
You are just repeating bullshit claims spouted by conservative media.
Also kids are not getting gender reassignment surgery, you do realise that shit is like over $90k in Australia and over $40k even in Thailand.
Only a very small percentage of trans people even get bottom surgery because it's too expensive.
You want nothing more than to force trans children to experience an irreversible puberty they can not take back which just leads to higher suicide rates.
That's why Transgender, Transition!!!
"these are our children … so face it and respect them"
so simple and powerful. this alone is the mentality that should permeate every single discussion of marginalized groups.
I love you guys..such beautiful personality❤❤❤❤
Hope u all find true love and happiness..U all deserve so much good stuff😘😘😘
9 Year Old Cyberbully yikes.. you need a hug buddy?
9 Year Old Cyberbully cool theories.. I hope your life turns out okay 🤷🏾♀️
9 Year Old Cyberbully Sweetie, you need to learn actual history, not some Stormfront BS. People of color have contributed a lot DESPITE being treated poorly and marginalized. White people have gone into indigenous places and created havoc and death-far from creating, they have been destructive forces. I suspect you’re one of those fearful, weak, white men who secretly live in fear that they aren’t good enough. Work on yourself rather than trying to tear down others. Peace!
Omg her face when the doctor addressed her as Laura.. her face lit up like a beautiful flower or a butterfly coming out of a cocoon.
Heather Feather Why You always lyin 😂
@@amber_Forever16 hey, you ever hear that saying about assholes and opinions? I can't seem to remember it... Maybe you can for me?
Buhahahha
I'm curious as to why everyone who says she's not is here? Maybe something deep inside you is seeking out LGBTQ issues because your struggling with your own sexuality?
At any rate, I hope you work out your ah.... "Curiosity" let's call it. Can't imagine how you got to this beautiful soul otherwise, considering the subject matter.
@@heathertaylor8904 hi, Heather my comment wasn't for u it was for do what u must, I already won. That dudes comment was jus ew.
Finally Vice is making good documentaries again, oh I love Laura I hope she succeed in her transition, Rip simpy tipuamantumirri.
Good luck Laura! Live yr life the way YOU want to.....and BE HAPPY! fm-Maine usa
Oh Laura I hope you're still smiling, best of luck girl ❤
Vee man
@Richelle Noble-Taitua yes I am smiling sis
I'm Smiling 🤣
@@lauraorsto1656 Keep smiling You are beautiful
@@lauraorsto1656 icon!!!! Sending love from Ireland!!
The support given by the families and members of the community is amazing. Laura was treated with complete dignity when she went dress shopping. No judgement, just genuine. Xx
right? like just class on both sides. Laura is a person 1st, customer 2nd, then a woman - the sales lady was great at her job. She even picked nice dresses for a body that probably isn't the easiest to shop for!
Laura is an angel on this earth?
Better than in Western "Christian"cultures.
Seeing her smile knowing she going to get her hormones literally made me smile so big, I could feel her happiness. ❤️❤️
Hi 😀✋there
This was amazing. I cried for Laura and the happiness she felt. The brief intro into her personal journey really opened my mind and I want to better support the trans community. Thank you Vice.
What a beautiful and thoughtful comment. 💕
Yea 😀👍
Laura is such a sweetheart! 💕💖💕 wish there was someway we could get updates on there journey.
Laura was a sweetheart
Laura Orsto we love you
@@lauraorsto1656 You're beautiful Laura! I hope you're well
Laura Orsto oh honey if I was I so would, but please be careful with putting up addresses there is a lot of weirdo’s out there. Much love & support darling. 💕😘💕
Love laura
I want to hug each and every one of these girls. So gentle and sweet. I wish them all the best.
That gold, white and blue dress was so beautiful on Ms. Laura. I think a beautiful stark white dress or a deep gold dress would have been GORGEOUS.
I would have loved to see her in that dress with an updo and natural makeup!
Facts she looked awesome in that
don't lie
I would love to see her in a deep coral color column dress. Maybe, 1 shoulder.
-Mom, dad, I'm gay!
-We already knew that son
That's the best reaction a parent can have, it just shows that they actually love, and KNOW their child not for what they expect, but rather for who they are
Yeah, that was really sweet 🌈
Don’t let the enemy which is the devil steal kill and destroy your soul this is not of God read your Bible repent of your sins except Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior judgment day Where with your soul spend eternity hell or heaven
@@vickylanding2830 you spelt accept wrong lol also what’s JC gotta do with coming out as gay like I knew he had sex with the greasy bois but still
-mum,dad, I'm gay
-wtf are you serious
Is the normal reaction
@@joeznqld not anymore, that’s being changed throughout generations
love all these ladies but laura really made me smile. tender soul.
michael baldwin seem so sweet omg some people are just like that not an ounce of mean in them GOD bless laura
Thank you brother to say that God bless you to
@@lauraorsto1656 u are such a sweet soul!!!....wish u had a go fund me page so I can donate to you
I know! So precious! I just wanted to hug and protect her!
@@lauraorsto1656 so happy to hear that you are doing well in Sydney. You're an inspiration!!
Miss Laura, one of few gentle souls I have ever seen. I feel, I could just have a cup of coffee and chat with her for days.
Wish her the best. She deserves to be truly happy.
Amazing documentary, I'm Australian and never knew about the Tiwi Islands. Colour me impressed.
Sinsholian same here Darl! 💕🇦🇺💕
As a Territorian I see the southern cities as Euro-centric bubbles
MrAnperm I’m in the NT too I was thinking the same. So glad we have our own style and identity.
@@MrAnperm Not all of us. From Sydney and very familiar with Darwin and the Tiwi Islands. Many of us are familiar with the Tiwi Islands
I'm American and Never Been To Catalina Island.
I would love to do their make up with really brilliant colors. I love seein such unique features dark darkskin with beautiful silky and wavy hair :)
21:15 was by far the best part of the documentary. The old grandma defending the Sistagals until she dies was touching. This one of the best LGBT documentaries I've seen. We need a follow-up soon with Laura!
This breaks my heart. They all have such simple dreams. Have a partner, settle down and live a normal life. Stuff so many of us take for granted. The saddest part is that for a lot of them, they'll never achieve their dream. It reminds me so much of Venus Extravaganza from Paris Is Burning. She professed the same simple wishes - a man, a home, a washer and dryer... and several months later Venus was murdered. It still makes me cry to think about. We must do more to protect our trans brothers and sisters. They want nothing more than to live a simple life like you and I.
this was perfectly worded
ALPHA ROYCE Yes. May all of us be free to be able to choose to live our dream. Blessings and Love.
I was so saddened that Venus was murdered. She was a beautiful spirit.
@@fancyfeast5086! What's the sideeffects?
What can happen?
Doctors should inform about that, so they can take their own informed decision. Maby it's right for them, maby not,but we have to respect their decision. Doctors and their closest, can respectfully say their concerns, in a loving way, but accept them for their decisions and them as people, if they agree or not. Everyone else, have no business telling them what s right or wrong. Just be polite and treat them as anyone else. Miss pronounce their preferred gender, is like insulting them, and I can't understand why it's so hard for some to accept that's what is respectful and even if they doesn't think it's right, isn't their well being more important than you demonstrating your own opinion, hurting them at the same time!?
NORTH Line I don’t understand what you are saying as I have said specifically that their well being is more important than others opinion but there’s a difference between opinion and fact. With surgery and hormones that don’t belong in the body at the quantities that are given to them there are great risks and complications but as far as mental health experts and medical professionals are concerned they say the benefits outweighs the risks..the benefits being that the patient isn’t going to take their own life because they can’t be the ‘gender’ they prefer..so why not give them the next best thing? Risky medication and surgery that could kill them?..it’s a double edged sword regardless. Also if someone doesn’t want to address a transgendered person by their preferred pronoun then they have every right since this isn’t about what the transgendered feels, it’s about forcing others to perceive their reality. You don’t know unless you’ve seen it with your own eyes, I have and I’ve spent the last 20 years involved in this..not only my ex but others in the same circle. It’s not all rainbows and lollipops..far from it.
Laura is a beautiful soul, these women are just beautiful.
The look on laura's face coming out of the clinic is some of the most pure joy I've ever seen. My heart nearly exploded for her!
Please do an update!
Jess Piper These “women”? Um, these are men
@@cristyluv1205 they are whatever they want to be. You don't get to tell anyone who and what they are. Take your closed, ugly mind somewhere else.
Jess Piper Closed, ugly mind?? Because I’m addressing people just what they are? You can play this magical, “ youre whoever you want to be” delusion but I’m a realist. These people are men and they will ALWAYS be as such.... in all reality it doesn’t matter how they “feel”.
You sound offended... mad that I spoke truth so you turn it around and call me closed minded. Makes no sense....
You sound completely crazy
@@cristyluv1205 Please apologize for your hurtful words. I will not stand for this cruelty and neither will the community of love and support that surrounds these girls. I am reporting your hurtful comments.
Cristy Luv, your comments and opinions are unnecessary. These beautiful women deserve to be celebrated. BYE GIRL.
Four way, Gibberway
-Road to the Airport
-Road to the Cemetery
-Road to the Beach
-Road to the FIRE street
Sounds a lot like life
Laura has me crying... Sweet Lady good luck on your journey😍
Laura...you are the epitome of feminine charm...and yes... fishing is totally out of the question. Hope everything your heart desires comes your way.
No!
I’m so happy for Laura. She deserves everything in the entire world. And her voice is so calming
Aw Laura baby girl
I love Laura cousin for protecting her..,
People in the states can be cruel to the people who are different; they can't accept, nor understand. It's definitely sad & oftentimes not safe. Every person deserves to be safe.
@Rosa Ngala Aww how'd you find out? She was so cool
@Rosa Ngala That's so sad, do you know why he did it and is he in jail?
Rosa Ngala so sorry for you Rosa Ngala and Laura losing such a beautiful girl 😪 She be fishing up in heaven now rest her beautiful soul 🙏🏻❤️
Lewey The Frog I seriously doubt she wants to be fishing in heaven, but who knows. I think everyone’s heaven is different
Their skin ..... Yeah, it’s pretty gorgeous
@@jermainjackson8626
Why do you make the most dumbest assumptions ever fool
@@jermainjackson8626 What are you even talking about?
@Robert Gardea honestly you just look like a really broke &sad human being wasting your life on negativity against someone who is trying to spread their light... And I'm sure you'll either troll me or ignore the comment which is typical of most trolls... Who tend to be tremendously creative but for whatever reason just can't seem to execute that creativity
@@jermainjackson8626 she looks black to me
Wow. I dunno wtf is wrong with people!
I need to appreciate the life that I have as a Transwoman in America. After watching my sisters I really do need to appreciate what I have. I also want them to know they can also create this life for them. Anything is possible.
I love your Gratitude
Hi 😀✋❤️there miflov3.
Laura made ma cry at the end when she said “I can’t believe I’m smiling. I’m never smiling now I am. That happy look on her face. Wish we could see her journey once she started with the hormone treatment. Kudos to all for coming out there. It takes courage. Here in the states no restrictions.
I am so glad to hear that much respect of you elizabeth 🖤💛❤✊🏿✊🏿 I am proud myself as aboriginal autism sistergirl trans
@@theromellagilliesshow2342 God bless you all. Happy New Year 🥳
@@theromellagilliesshow2342 your welcome dear I just retired as a nurse and learned from my mother compassion , respect, love and kindness are one of the most important thing in life. Look around you it is sad how cruel and nasty ppl can be. God bless you all. Keep me posted.
My gosh. Thanks for giving these sistergirls a voice, Vice. The grandma standing up for these girls unexpectedly hit me in the feels
Please pleeeease keep us up dated on Laura! In fact is there places we can donate to her surgery?
She needs a go "fundme" page.
.... really??? like go to thailand?
@Rosa Ngala wtf? i asked if they go to thailand for surgery ffs. don't be so salty
Rosa Ngala 🙏🏽💜🕉💜🙏🏽
Rosa 💐 I’m here...sending Y’all love & Healing Light... y’all have came a long way and God has plans for his troops, y’all Laura , Rosa... all of you strong 💪🏾 women , have all my support...beautiful souls deserve to live life...Xx🙏🏽💜🕉 Namasté 💯❤️
@Rosa Ngala please let us know if laura creates a go fund me page where we can donate to whatever treatments she wants. She is so inspiring and I am sending my love and support. She is amazing and beautiful!
OMG there skin COLOR is BEAUTIFUL 😍
I know...it saddens me when i hear of chocolate color discrimination. I worked with a girl who has skin like this & i thought it was the most beautiful skin tone id ever seen. I would tell her all the time how beautiful her complexion was. My co-workers would ask me all the time-why would i tell the dark girl she was beautiful? I didn't know how prevalent the dark skinned vs light skinned thing was.☹
This is like a beautiful cool toned skin
@@DrDIY1 anywhere that there is European influence there will be people of color pitted against each other based on how light or dark their skin is.
@@perishashah7377 Check yourself. The caste system in India has been in place for 3000 years. I'm pretty sure that was LONG before any European influence. Colorism in Asia predates contact with Europeans and it's still happening. Colorism was noted in the New World long before they met a Spaniard. Ditto Africa. Stop blaming us for everything and take a look in the mirror. Your name is Asian, is it not? Looks like you get to sit on the Naughty Step, too.
Ik! I can’t get over it 😍😍😍🥰
The end bit with Laura. The tentative start with her doctor; the questions asked; the look of pure joy and relief on Laura's face when she realised that she was being recognized and respected, and that her medical transition could now begin... so much love!
Laura had me absolutely crying. Such a beautiful, pure soul. I'm so saddened that she was lied to about her hormones and had her transition delayed. But she's clearly so strong and wonderful to have pulled through so much, and she's on her transition journey now. I'm so so happy for her!!
BEAUTIFUL! I wish I could hug the girls and tell them they are beautiful and there are people who believes in your identity and your strength. BEAUTIFUL
danijela radic well it’s just helping a vulnerable person self destruct. Not dissimilar to buying an alcoholic a lifetime supply of hard liquor.
A man cannot be a woman, and a woman cannot ever be a man.
Even if a man cuts his penis off; he just becomes a man with his penis cut off.... not a woman.
fairlanewhip79 you ignorant waste of space, why are you even here, they don’t need to listen to fools like you that have no idea what it is like to walk a day in there shoes. So be gone with you! 🤬
Lissa Love hahaha so you have no actual argument, just an insult?
Keep walking you sjw fool 😂
@@fairlanewhip79 oh so which medical institution are you quoting or are you yourself a medical professional that works in that general area?
Because most of the medical institutions don't classify transgenderism as a mental illness anymore...
Josephine, if you’re talking about Thailand, then no. Their doctors profit greatly from all the so called “sexual reassignment” surgery (butchery) and related “treatments” (pumping people full of sex hormones) so it’s a very lucrative market for them.
Here in the western world, it’s always been considered a mental illness. And it is.
In the last few years we have seen a very aggressive campaign of gay rights and the “me too” movement. Do you think it’s just a coincidence that suddenly you’re not allowed to call this garbage out for what it is?
Sexual perversion.
LAURA, KEEP ON SMILING GIRL!!! #SISTERS
Laura is so pure. I cried at the end. You go girls
Same here..laura was so inocent ..i cried too
Prayers this isn’t of god
Repent of your sins this is not of God except Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior judgment day we all shall be held accountable of our deeds on earth why would your soul spend eternity hell or heaven blessing don’t let the devil steal kill and destroy your soul 🙏
@@vickylanding2830 Vicky get a LIFE. You’re up and down this comment section thinking you’re doing something profound. Any god worth praying to dosent marginalize their own. The hypocrisy you spout thankfully falls on deaf ears. Take your ignorance somewhere else. Organized religion is for those who can’t think for themselves. Which explains why you identify with it. Tell us you’re uneducated without actually telling us. Your mother must be so proud…
The way Laura adds "yeah" and "mmm" to her sentences has me dying laughing. OH MY GOSH!
I rewatched that opening monologue from her 3 times, I'm dead! 🤣😂🤣😂
I noticed that too ,, soooo funny
What I love about them regardless of how harsh their life can be they are always joyful and happy hope the all get what they want in life.
Wishing you the best of luck Laura hope you're doing well xx
Robert Gardea something wrong lol
Robert gardea you have no heart you bad person with an ugly heart
youre beautiful Laura lots of love from africa
There all so sweet and Laura 😭 when she was looking for the sequin dress my heart melted😩
This was such a beautiful documentary, I hope Laura and all the Sistergirls are happy!
Laura looked just GORGEOUS in that long maxi dress in the store. She’s elegant!
Laura is such a gentle, soft-spoken person who is very sweet. I really hope her dreams are realised soon! Also the grandma was adorable, bless her!
The love for Laura is insane in these comments. SOMEONE GET HER A DONATION LINK. PLEASE!!!!!
That's what I want from who ever have a good heart please just help me
@@lauraorsto1656 💕 oh wow this is Laura from the video? I hope you're doing well these days. Maybe make a social media account and link it to this video to spread the word if youd like a gofundme? You have such support in the comments and I hope you're doing well, Ms Laura.
Wish all the sistergirls dreams come true sending love from Scotland.
I'm absolutely infuriated by those beer prices yeah
Welcome to Australia and our expensive groceries :((
I am First Nation/indigenous/aboriginal, just being who I am is hard.. I am a full-time student, and highly educated but I still get treated like a savage..!! I know it’s probably very hard for these beautiful island queens, and just being apart of the IGBT community is hard..!! Good bless each and everyone of you..!! Live your life to the fullest and stay safe out there in this crazy world..!!
Australia is your land stole by British .you are the full blooded Australians.❤
Mee too Laura I hate fishing you go sit and relax under the shade love you girl!!
Fishing is good,you sit relax and have pancake under the tree....
@@fookutube501 Pancake?
What ever ?
@@lauraorsto1656 What?
Y'all need to stop 😁😁That's a male sweetie.
I cried when i saw laura so happy, then cried some more when i read all the love flowing from these comments!!! This is what Australia needs! More love.
Their skin is so beautiful
This was the most captivating thing I’ve seen in a long while. It’s like a deep connection to your emotion mind body and soul and wanting to just feel and exude beauty and sensation
I just love all the sister girls. I pray miss Laura got her hormone tablets and is living her best life!!! Love you my sisters!!! Love, Light& Healing🙏🏽💙🦋🌈 Love& prayers from Toronto , Canada 🇨🇦
I feel sad for anybody growing up trapped in the wrong body sexually but ,this is a great place for all to feel accepted & openly discuss these issues there should be more places willing to teach the ignorant about tolerance. Thanks for uploading this & empowering people in minorities.
Kate this is about gender not sexuality
@Robert Gardea who died and made you God? Last I checked, thou shalt not judge. Only God can judge.
And may I point out you are the one watching this doc centered around LGBTQ ISSUES AND TOPICS. Don't watch, unless you're struggling inside with your sexual identity and in that case, hate gets you nowhere. This is a very caring and open community, it's okay to have these feelings. We're here for you, hun.
And if you're not here because you're struggling with your sexual identity then whywatch a documentary having to do with the transgender community dealing with transgender issues??!!? Maybe you're a liar, why would a straight man who loves women and is obviously a hateful bigot who is transphobic, be watching? NOT because he wants to learn and be a good person) YOU CAN GLADLY SHOW YOURSELF THE DOOR. THANKS.
@@norml6874 I agree with you. They are not normal. This is obviously something that was done to them. this is mental issues going on here...
max max it’s in the DSM definitions of the condition. As to the person commenting about why people watch if they aren’t having gender ID issues, I watch North Korea videos but I’m not Korean nor will I be visiting EVER.
Why is it you have to go through such extensive therapy just to get approved for reassignment surgery.
Here’s a fun fact, the impersonation procedures and hormones and garb they encase themselves in does not lower the suicide rate. Well 1% lower. So I’m so glad to see I’m not the only one who sees this for what it is. Your open minded and so am I. We just refuse to live in delusion and call that politically correct. PC MY ASS!!
Yup. Amazing documentary. I hope they get to follow Laura's journey to womanhood...
Vic Jason Kristoffer Tagupa ; there is no “journey to womanhood” unless you’re a young girl.
A man will never be a woman, no matter how many hormones he injects, no matter what body part he cuts off.
The fact you support this instantly tells me that you have serious issues.
@@fairlanewhip79 looks like you're the one with serious issues here, my guy.
Christina Kefela; why is that?
@@christina2071 No. I would say he is spot on. You cannot change chromosomes from m to f with surgery or hormones. It is impossible. Science and Biology do not lie.
Whatever he does, he will always remain a male.
Eugenia Syro not everything is black and white. if their transitioning doesnt affect you then dont input. simple.
I loved this so much. Shout out to all the sistergirls to bring 100% how you are. Any updates on Laura?
Hey Vice! Please revisit Laura! We need an update!
laura is such a graceful person. i am praying for her.
The club opens at 4:30pm and closes at 8:30pm??? Damnnn that sucks.....
Hi there I live in Sydney now
@@lauraorsto1656 Are you really the woman in the documentary?
Nikki 0West3 BabyDoll Garcia im still working at that time
@@squarebear619 yes of course I am
@@lauraorsto1656 how are you? Hope everything is working out for you
What an amazing and beautiful documentary, thank you Vice for the heartwarming content!
I literally want Crystal and Laura to move in with be and bless me with daily inspiration on how to be strong and confident ♥️
Whats so fascinating, to me, is that these trans people say the exact same thing, no matter the culture. You can not say that trans-ness is some sort of modern or American or Millenial trend. Trans people emerge naturally everywhere. So, like, let trans people be.
Exactly
Well it's pretty easy to see, hear, listen and COPY everyone else on the internet.... mystery solved.. 🙄
It's a demon
I love island life. I miss the simplicity. Laura is so sweet 💕 All the sistergirls are beautiful. Thoroughly enjoyed the doco.
Can we please have an update on Laura? ❤️
yes!!
Yesss!
I am sorry to say that she passed away last month
@@peekiri3 : Are you serious? Is there some news I can read or do you have information on how I can research it myself?
@Rosa Ngala : I'm really hoping Laura didn't pass. It would be heartbreaking after everything she's been through. I was going to do some research today and see if there's anything credible I can find.
I hope everything worked out for you Laura. I know when I started hormones it was one of the best days of my life. Keep your head up
@9 Year Old Cyberbully You will be judged.
@9 Year Old Cyberbully so much hate even your username is hateful i feel sorry for you. have a good day ❤😎
@9 Year Old Cyberbully I hope your day is better than yesterday ❤️✌️
@Robert Gardea what do u get out of being an internet troll or making fun of people? U can keep talking ur shit doesn't bother me at all
Sissy angel I'm taking hormones tablet and I feel like im transforming into that girl that I am now she's out of that body miss Laura Orsto
This is a beautiful documentary! Thank you, Laura and other Sistagirls for giving your insights and history! I wish you guys the best of lucks and eternal happiness!
My heart desires a current update on Miss.Laura. I'm sending Love and Support from Hamilton 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
The grandmother Marcella Fernando!!! She brings me tears of joy!!! So sweet and comforting and accepting, wow what a beautiful soul she has!!!
Loved everyone dancing in the water, that made me smile 😊
ZeeZee OnTop 22:00
‘Tis beautiful
How big did you smile
I think this nice, I am glad they have reasonably good community. I am glad a lot of the families support the Sistagals. Laura needs to stay with ones who love her.
When she opened the door to walk out of the doctors office. That twinkle and happiness in her was beautiful. I wish her the up most best in her journey
I recently discovered sistagals, and I’d honestly fight for them. What a beautiful community.
Wow, I absolutely LOVE Laura's inflection. What a pleasant voice!
Absolutely! She won my heart (not that it took much). All of them did. I hope all of their dreams come true. And I hope that Laura starts a career reading books out loud or making soothing sleepy time videos. I'd pay for that.
hi i love sistergals i am latoya from Tiwi Islands GPT
I loved this! I found it so informative and interesting. I would love to observe and sit on on their culture!
743 dislikes were from irrational people who thought they are far better than anybody else. Sistagals did not do anything bad to other people, and they've been respectful. They deserve respect. Best wishes to all of them
I just LOVE how these people are and can be themselves and live their lifes with a lot of fun, acceptance and joy. WELL DONE GIRLS :-)
I wish there was some way we as other women could help support these women on the journeys? I have a tonne of women's clothing, beauty products, heels I'd love to send to islands. If anyone has any contacts there please let me know. I'd love to help!
Fantastic idea, there must be a contact address or number online. Or just send a letter to the Sistergals at the islands, they'll get it I'm sure.
Laura seems so sad, I just wanted to hug her. I hope everything is going exactly as she's always wanted.
I'm your sistergirl from Florence-Italy
i embrace you hard and Wish all the best that you deserve.❤️❤️❤️❤️
Love this Doco. So proud of these Sistagals and I think I might be one. Still figuring that out but seeing this really makes me feel like I can still just be me.
wowww what a beautiful and beautifully made video with some pretty sistergalsss ❤️just people living their lives NOT hurting anyone xx
right! yet i don’t understand why people hurt them when they’re just living life being who they wanna be
They speak very good English, I thought they would have thick accents. Sweet ppl. From 1 island gay 2 another. We're all 1.
William freytes - cheverez well considering how their land was taken over and colonized why wouldn’t they be able to speak as they do? This comment irks me so damn much, when White people hear me speak and they’re shocked, like I’m sorry how am I meant to speak?
I think it's quite sad actually... People in a remote island are still somewhat colonised
@@prettyinpinky5937 thankfully they have mostly stopped demeaning gay and Trans people with rap music .
I don't comment on videos often, however, this video is one-of-a-kind!
These ladies are doing great things in a community that doesn't want to see them as valid human beings for being who they are inside. They can't help who they are on the outside, but they know who they really are, and who God intended them to be. Laura is an inspiration to the world, and I hope her surgery is extremely successful and that she can live the life that she deserves!!!
Namaste Sister Girls!!!!!!
Namaste ❤️
Please be safe, Laura!
The world loves you and needs you around. Please ask the appropriate questions and make sure you are aware of the dangers involved.
With that being said;
YOU GO, GIRL!!!!!
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Laura's smile of joy is so bright and beautiful at the end ❤️
I love how people over there often say 'mmmm' or 'yeah' after they complete a thought. It's like they're really backing up what they say. I've watched a lot of documentaries from Australia and New Zealand and a lot of people do it. Mostly women from what I've seen, but men do it too. I don't know why I like it so much.
I'm happy for anyone to live in whatever way makes them happy. If it doesn't hurt anyone, it's of no concern to me. I want everyone to be happy.
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This was beautifully done (produced) Vice Asia!
I'm so sad for this community, even though, they aren't sad. This hurt me so bad. Watching other melanated people under subjugated colonization makes me think of how 'we' look to others outside our own ideas. How tragic and disheartening it is to be dark skinned on this planet at this time. I hope it changes .
tifa ray once you find true happiness and peace you’ll see, what others think won’t matter and that is what the Holy Spirit does to your spirit
Erybody is melanated except real albinos hun
Only because WE allow this behavior to be done to us. We have to rise up and stop being afraid.
It's not tragic to be dark-skinned, it's tragic that some people are afraid of dark skin. That they have a problem with it is the only thing that is tragic. But this also goes for those who have a problem with people who have pale skin. Racism exists in every race. I know this is a fact, because I was beaten quite a few times just for being white when I was a child. I too hope it changes, for all of us. Maybe one day people will see the simple *fact* that we are all family. ^-^
Melinated? Subjugated? Wow, you're confused. Everything they have is the result of "reactive-melinated people"
They look like a mixture of African and Indian.
Makes sense bc of how people migrated thousands of years ago! I never thought of it that way.
Taylor AH it doesn’t make sense they aren’t African or Indian the European the original people to inhabit Australia. Most hot places have darker skin original people.
@@taylorah6409 ikr? I never thought of it that way either.
No all dark skin from Africa. I guess they been there for thousand years as natural inhabitants.
@@taylorah6409 nah they are indigenous, and native to their own kind. The indigenous have no ancestry to Indians or Africans.
This makes me terribly sad. Also, as a black woman in America I instantly see the devastation colonizing leaves behind on Natives. The Aboriginal people were never meant to be Catholic, it was forced upon them, just as Christianity was forced upon my ancestors. The poverty that millions of Native Islanders live in upsets me. From Hawaiians, to Haitians, to Jamaicans, to the Ivory Coast, etc. 😢😢😢
Oh Laura, I'd really love an update. You're demeanor was so elegant and delicate. I really hope you are doing well on your journey ❤
Look at their beautiful skin!!! Omg 😩🌈
It IS!!! Gorgeous.
@@RicardoCanedoMX More often than not there is a racist hispanic like you exposing himself attacking someone with dark skin.
@@RicardoCanedoMX You love it that's why you are watching. No need to pretend or hide what you like ;)
@@RicardoCanedoMX twat
I know just beautiful..
Laura is such a gentle soul ...hope all her desires are fulfilled and may she live a happy and wonderful life
Loved this documentary💕
As an Australian, I can tell you that the sistergirls are still very misunderstood. And Unfortunately aboriginal people in general are very misunderstood, judged and their culture is being distroyed. We have a long way to go to help these people, especially the isolated communities, such as the island I'm this documentary.
Much love to the sistergirls
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I am now a grandma and I also have a gay son that I am very proud of. He is respectful of others and has a happy disposition 98% of the time. It wasn't easy for him to come out to his longtime friends but was accepted for who he is. One of his friends said: "It wouldn't matter. He's (my son) been there for us during rough times and we're glad to return the favor". I cried so much. I thought my son would hurt so much on the thought of losing his friends, and I hurt from that. But my gay son knew the good in his friends and treasured, valued them. In the end, it's not who you are but how you are with others and that's what counts.
This is so wrong! Laura first approached a doctor in her teens for hormone therapy now at 33 she's FINALLY on the way to getting the treatment she needs. Imagine if you had any other medical condition and were told you had to wait 10+ years for medication! Sistagals, I love you all!
So true
A heartwarming documentary... I love how they have so much fun and are free to be themselves. Loved the huge smile on Laura’s face when she finally got called in and was told treatment will start. Awesome 🙏🏻💖
Australian aborigines are some of the oldest human ancestors still living today. I believe they have some of the closest ties to our older ancestors such as the African cavemen etc. I respect aussie aborigines and everything that they are and that includes their gay/trans community. They are living relics and that's awesome in itself. Gay/trans aborigines just means that being gay/lesbian has always existed since the dawn of human evolution.
UserFT what do you mean by human ancestors? Ancestors are just relatives who have passed away long ago and saying human is as if they aren’t human themselves. They are very much human, an oppressed people, up until today, this is why I don’t like Australia and I’ll never go there. As close as South Africa is to it their racism and treatment of indigenous people repulses me. Also I’m sure you’re trying to be sweet but your comment is low key racist and ignorant. They aren’t ancestors they are very much alive and very much human. They just happen to look different, like how here in Africa we look much different to Europeans but we aren’t primates. Thanks
@@prettyinpinky5937 You don't have to agree with what I said, but the facts are the facts. Some humans lineages are older than others and thats respectable. You're making trouble out of nothing. I didn't say they were primates, so the fact that you even mentioned that is wrong on many levels. Im sure if you questioned and denied how old people's lineages are, they'd actually be offended. Humans are humans, but some are older than others and the DNA doesn't lie.
UserFT you said they were human ancestors as if they predate modern humanity, you’re basically telling them that they aren’t the current type of human that we have now, you do understand what the word ancestor means right? They are living now, currently breathing, they lineage may be old, as is mine, infact mine is older as I am African and live in Africa. But I am no ones ancestor YES as I live and breathe. Maybe buy a dictionary and also learn to phrase things differently so you don’t come across in a negative light. Get over yourself and learn some mastery of the English language. I was actually decent in my comment, I was frank and pointing out what you said cause I felt you were trying to be nice but worded it incorrectly and you’re now coming at me all bitchy? I am so not the one to come for
@@prettyinpinky5937 It's okay. We agree to disagree then. I'm sorry if what I said offended you though. I meant no disrespect in my last reply.
@@prettyinpinky5937 why call someone an idiot just because you have a different opinion. Your negativity is not needed and tacky especially on a documentary like this. DO BETTER
All of this was beautiful and powerful. I wish so much that I had the money to just pay for the island to have its own hospital facility for hormones and surgeries. Wish someone was funding something like that
When she was talking in the doc office afterwards. It made me cry how innocent and happy she is. God bless her